Gozo · South-west Gozo
Xlendi Bay
Ix-Xlendi
A narrow inlet on Gozo's south-west coast with a village at the head of it — restaurants on the water and a wall of cliff on either side.
Xlendi is a short, steep-sided inlet with a small resort village built into the head of it. Unlike most of what is on this page there is somewhere to go when you arrive: the waterfront is a row of restaurants and the tables are effectively on the quay.
The bay narrows sharply and the cliffs on the south side run out into a headland with a watchtower on it. Divers work the walls on either side and the water in the inlet is clear and deep close in.
Being on the south-west coast it is sheltered from the north but takes weather from the other quarter, and the inlet is narrow enough that swell coming in has nowhere to go.
Getting it right
- Getting there
- Road access with a village, parking and buses.
- When
- Evenings, if you want the restaurants rather than the water.
- How busy
- Busy in season, but it is a village — that is what it is for.
- Shape of the day
- A Gozo south-coast run.
Where it is
Sailing here
We do not yet list boats berthed near Xlendi Bay. Every boat we carry is on one page, and any skippered charter will discuss a route.
Also on Gozo
- Mġarr ix-XiniA narrow creek at the foot of a steep valley on Gozo's south coast — sheltered, deep, and the best swimming water in the islands.
- Ramla BayThe red-sand bay on Gozo's north coast — the largest beach in the islands and, from seaward, the most recognisable.
- San Blas BayRamla's smaller neighbour — the same red sand, a punishing walk down, and almost nobody on it.
- DwejraThe Inland Sea, the Blue Hole and Fungus Rock, on Gozo's west coast — spectacular, and only approachable when it is genuinely calm.